"Our Miss Brooks" Spare the Rod

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 2 00:00:22,522 --> 00:00:27,861 Come in. 3 00:00:29,571 --> 00:00:31,531 Good morning, Mr. Counselor. 4 00:00:31,657 --> 00:00:34,660 Mrs. Davis said you wanted to see me before first class, sir. 5 00:00:34,785 --> 00:00:35,327 Yes? 6 00:00:35,452 --> 00:00:38,872 I'm sorry, I couldn't come to the phone when you called, but I was in the shower. 7 00:00:38,997 --> 00:00:42,167 Or rather, I was just getting out of the shower and... 8 00:00:42,292 --> 00:00:45,629 I didn't summon you for a blow-by-blow of your ablution. 9 00:00:45,754 --> 00:00:46,964 Please sit down, Miss Brooks. 10 00:00:47,089 --> 00:00:48,966 Thank you, sir. 11 00:00:49,091 --> 00:00:52,052 I arrived at school this morning, 15 minutes 12 00:00:52,177 --> 00:00:54,805 ahead of everyone else, as is my wont. 13 00:00:54,930 --> 00:00:56,306 It certainly is. 14 00:00:56,431 --> 00:00:58,308 And as I was walking. 15 00:00:58,433 --> 00:01:00,102 It certainly is what? 16 00:01:00,227 --> 00:01:01,103 Your wont. 17 00:01:01,228 --> 00:01:05,399 Getting here 15 minutes ahead of anybody else is an old won't of yours. 18 00:01:05,524 --> 00:01:07,734 Yes, that's one won't that goes way back. 19 00:01:07,859 --> 00:01:11,488 I guess working for you as long as I have, Mr. Conklin, 20 00:01:11,613 --> 00:01:14,866 I know your won'ts more than any other teacher. 21 00:01:18,203 --> 00:01:18,245 Oh, hi. 22 00:01:18,370 --> 00:01:19,538 Sorry, sir. 23 00:01:19,663 --> 00:01:23,166 As I passed through the hall, I noticed one of the classroom doors was open. 24 00:01:23,292 --> 00:01:25,752 It was your classroom, Miss Brooks, and when I 25 00:01:25,877 --> 00:01:28,839 reached in to close the door, I saw your blackboards. 26 00:01:28,964 --> 00:01:31,591 They hadn't been stolen. 27 00:01:31,717 --> 00:01:32,718 No. 28 00:01:33,885 --> 00:01:35,679 And they hadn't been erased either. 29 00:01:35,804 --> 00:01:38,849 As you very well know, it has long been a strict rule in this 30 00:01:38,974 --> 00:01:42,311 institution that nothing shall remain on the blackboards overnight. 31 00:01:42,436 --> 00:01:46,440 I know, sir, but probably my pupils made some notes after I left. 32 00:01:46,565 --> 00:01:49,067 We've just taken up the Shakespearean tragedies and 33 00:01:49,192 --> 00:01:51,570 the class is taking to it with great enthusiasm. 34 00:01:51,695 --> 00:01:57,951 I'm quite certain the immortal Bard did not write the words I saw on your blackboard. 35 00:01:58,076 --> 00:01:59,453 What were they, Mr. Conklin? 36 00:01:59,578 --> 00:02:06,585 One line read, and I quote, Old Man Conklin is a birdbrain. 37 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:10,380 Oh, that's impossible, sir. 38 00:02:10,505 --> 00:02:12,424 You must have misread the blackboard. 39 00:02:12,549 --> 00:02:17,095 What you probably saw was Old King Lear is a birdbrain. 40 00:02:17,220 --> 00:02:19,097 Old King Lear is a birdbrain? 41 00:02:19,222 --> 00:02:20,849 Who would want to write a thing like that? 42 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:21,600 His daughters. 43 00:02:21,725 --> 00:02:22,559 They hated his gut. 44 00:02:22,684 --> 00:02:24,978 They were very mean. 45 00:02:26,188 --> 00:02:29,608 I hold you responsible for the condition of your blackboards, and remember it is 46 00:02:29,733 --> 00:02:33,195 from such petty beginnings that more dangerous subversive activities can stem. 47 00:02:34,654 --> 00:02:37,741 Well, I think most of the crew are loyal, Mr. Conklin. 48 00:02:37,866 --> 00:02:40,994 And I think we could have less levity, Miss Brooks. 49 00:02:41,119 --> 00:02:44,081 As penalty for your infraction, you will remain after 50 00:02:44,206 --> 00:02:47,501 school today, checking the blackboards in every classroom. 51 00:02:47,626 --> 00:02:50,837 But Mr. Conklin, don't you think you're being unduly 52 00:02:50,962 --> 00:02:54,049 severe for such a relatively minor transgression? 53 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:58,136 Well, severe, perhaps, but I challenge your use of the word unduly. 54 00:02:58,261 --> 00:03:00,514 Remember, Miss Brooks, I am the man to whom 55 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:02,974 this entire school must turn for leadership. 56 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:06,061 As your leader, I must be firm and decisive, 57 00:03:06,186 --> 00:03:09,314 wielding my power with justice but authority. 58 00:03:09,439 --> 00:03:11,149 Yes, sire, sir. 59 00:03:12,818 --> 00:03:16,238 I know you're a great stickler for discipline, Mr. Conklin, and all of us on the faculty 60 00:03:16,363 --> 00:03:19,866 try to cooperate, sir, but your manner is so forbidding sometimes it makes it difficult. 61 00:03:22,536 --> 00:03:25,288 I guess what I'm trying to say is that you can catch 62 00:03:25,414 --> 00:03:27,999 more flies with honey than you can with vinegar. 63 00:03:28,125 --> 00:03:32,170 I don't want flies, I want teachers. 64 00:03:32,295 --> 00:03:35,841 More specifically, teachers with a wholesome respect 65 00:03:35,966 --> 00:03:39,428 for the inspiring mottos on which I was raised. 66 00:03:39,553 --> 00:03:42,013 Bear the rod and spoil the child. 67 00:03:42,139 --> 00:03:43,849 Busy hands are happy hands. 68 00:03:43,974 --> 00:03:45,308 And some of these others. 69 00:03:45,434 --> 00:03:47,894 Read that one on the wall, Miss Brooks. 70 00:03:48,019 --> 00:03:48,812 Yes, sir. 71 00:03:48,937 --> 00:03:50,647 Respect through power. 72 00:03:50,772 --> 00:03:51,064 Uh-huh. 73 00:03:51,189 --> 00:03:53,108 Now, that one. 74 00:03:53,233 --> 00:03:56,194 Oh, idleness is the devil's playmate. 75 00:03:56,319 --> 00:03:58,697 Oh, how true that is. 76 00:03:59,865 --> 00:04:02,409 There seems to be a motto missing, Mr. Conklin. 77 00:04:02,534 --> 00:04:03,452 Oh, which one? 78 00:04:03,577 --> 00:04:06,371 Speak softly and carry a big stick. 79 00:04:06,496 --> 00:04:09,916 Oh, well, the janitor tore that while he was cleaning up one day. 80 00:04:10,041 --> 00:04:13,336 Oh, which brings me to your second assignment for this morning. 81 00:04:13,462 --> 00:04:16,548 I want you to see that this office is thoroughly cleaned out. 82 00:04:16,673 --> 00:04:17,382 Yes, sir. 83 00:04:17,507 --> 00:04:20,427 I have asked my daughter Harriet to send over one of the boys 84 00:04:20,552 --> 00:04:23,472 to do the heavy work, so you won't have... Oh, good heavens. 85 00:04:23,597 --> 00:04:28,268 She'll probably send over that imbecilic swain of hers. 86 00:04:28,393 --> 00:04:32,105 Walter Denton. 87 00:04:32,230 --> 00:04:34,316 Oh, Walter isn't so bad, Mr. Conklin. 88 00:04:34,441 --> 00:04:36,860 If only he wouldn't speak. 89 00:04:36,985 --> 00:04:42,282 Oh, that voice of his drives me to the edge of panic. 90 00:04:42,407 --> 00:04:44,534 Well, it's just his age, sir. 91 00:04:44,659 --> 00:04:46,411 I imagine his voice is changing. 92 00:04:46,536 --> 00:04:49,206 Well, I wish it would hurry. 93 00:04:49,331 --> 00:04:55,462 He sounds like a canary chewing on a batch of rancid bird seed. 94 00:04:55,587 --> 00:04:59,341 Well, I do agree that he's... Oh, come in. 95 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:02,928 Salutations on top of the morning! 96 00:05:03,053 --> 00:05:05,555 Swallow it, Walter. 97 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,141 Gentlemen, now that you are here, I'll be leaving shortly, 98 00:05:08,266 --> 00:05:10,852 so pay attention and I'll tell you exactly what I want done. 99 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:11,520 Oh, yes, sir. 100 00:05:11,645 --> 00:05:15,190 Harriet told me you were getting ready for the clean-up, fix-up, paint-up campaign. 101 00:05:15,315 --> 00:05:16,900 But that doesn't start for quite a while, sir. 102 00:05:17,025 --> 00:05:19,611 It will start when I decree that it should. 103 00:05:19,736 --> 00:05:22,280 I'm a great boy for getting the jump on the other fellow. 104 00:05:22,405 --> 00:05:26,701 Therefore, Denton, you will clean out the old files you will find in my closet. 105 00:05:26,826 --> 00:05:28,703 I haven't touched them since I took over 106 00:05:28,828 --> 00:05:31,039 this office from my predecessor, Mr. Darwell. 107 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:33,625 Oh, I remember Mr. Darwell, sir. 108 00:05:33,750 --> 00:05:36,378 Sometimes we thought he was rather a tyrant. 109 00:05:36,503 --> 00:05:38,421 Oh, you did. 110 00:05:40,090 --> 00:05:43,468 Dear little old Mr. Darwell. 111 00:05:43,593 --> 00:05:46,972 The files contain nothing but a batch of antiquated reports 112 00:05:47,097 --> 00:05:50,308 and old correspondence that Mr. Darwell kept for years. 113 00:05:50,433 --> 00:05:52,686 You, Denton, will take it all outside and destroy it. 114 00:05:52,811 --> 00:05:53,645 Oh, yes, sir. 115 00:05:53,770 --> 00:05:54,521 Burn it up. 116 00:05:54,646 --> 00:05:55,939 To a cinder, sir. 117 00:05:56,064 --> 00:05:56,231 Yes. 118 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:58,650 Now then, I'm going on a tour of classroom inspection. 119 00:05:58,775 --> 00:06:02,737 I haven't cracked the whip around here in, oh, let's see, how long has it been? 120 00:06:02,862 --> 00:06:04,489 Since yesterday, sir. 121 00:06:04,614 --> 00:06:06,616 Yesterday! 122 00:06:06,741 --> 00:06:09,828 Oh, that's a high one, sir. 123 00:06:11,997 --> 00:06:18,044 Miss Brooks, I received an exceptionally large batch of mail this morning. 124 00:06:18,169 --> 00:06:21,506 Now, while I'm gone, I want you to open each and every letter, digest its contents, 125 00:06:21,631 --> 00:06:25,176 and if it is not of sufficient importance to demand my personal attention, tear it up! 126 00:06:28,430 --> 00:06:30,473 I'll rip it to shreds, sir. 127 00:06:30,599 --> 00:06:30,932 Ruffle it! 128 00:06:31,057 --> 00:06:32,142 Destroy it! 129 00:06:32,267 --> 00:06:33,518 I'll be merciless. 130 00:06:33,643 --> 00:06:35,145 Yes, turn it in the basket! 131 00:06:35,270 --> 00:06:38,607 I'll bash it with my fist. 132 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:39,441 Now, 133 00:06:39,566 --> 00:06:46,573 Remember, let's get on the ball and stay there. 134 00:06:50,493 --> 00:06:54,539 Oh, hi, Miss Brooks. 135 00:06:54,664 --> 00:06:55,749 Oh, there you are, Stretch. 136 00:06:55,874 --> 00:06:56,833 How are you doing? 137 00:06:56,958 --> 00:06:58,501 Oh, all right, I guess. 138 00:06:58,627 --> 00:07:00,920 But I really don't know what I'm supposed to do here, Miss Brooks. 139 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:02,631 Well, didn't Mr. Conklin tell you? 140 00:07:02,756 --> 00:07:04,132 No, ma'am, not exactly. 141 00:07:04,257 --> 00:07:09,220 When I got to school this morning, Harriet just handed me a memo from him. 142 00:07:09,346 --> 00:07:12,265 A note? 143 00:07:12,390 --> 00:07:13,350 You know, a note. 144 00:07:13,475 --> 00:07:17,437 And all it said was, go to the supply room and take inventory. 145 00:07:17,562 --> 00:07:22,651 I'm on the spot, Miss Brooks. 146 00:07:22,776 --> 00:07:23,026 Why? 147 00:07:23,151 --> 00:07:26,571 I can't find no inventory no place. 148 00:07:26,696 --> 00:07:30,450 On top of that, Mr. Conklin just stopped by and bawled me out something awful. 149 00:07:30,575 --> 00:07:31,159 Bawled you out? 150 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:32,243 What were you doing? 151 00:07:32,369 --> 00:07:33,453 I wasn't doing nothing. 152 00:07:33,578 --> 00:07:36,665 I was just standing here like a stick. 153 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:38,124 What did he say to you? 154 00:07:38,249 --> 00:07:41,503 He said, what's the idea of standing like a stick? 155 00:07:41,628 --> 00:07:44,881 And I said, why are you standing here like no stick? 156 00:07:45,006 --> 00:07:47,133 And he says, who's your English teacher, boy? 157 00:07:47,258 --> 00:07:54,933 And right away I said, Miss Brooks is my English teacher, that's whose. 158 00:07:55,058 --> 00:07:56,101 Thank thee. 159 00:07:56,226 --> 00:07:57,977 If he wasn't in such a bad mood, I'd have told 160 00:07:58,103 --> 00:07:59,979 him what a boot I get at taking English off you. 161 00:08:00,105 --> 00:08:04,567 Gosh, Miss Brooks, sometimes I think I'd like to stay in your class forever. 162 00:08:04,693 --> 00:08:09,114 Sometimes I think you've got a good chance. 163 00:08:09,239 --> 00:08:11,908 If you're not too busy, Stretch, would you mind running down 164 00:08:12,033 --> 00:08:14,869 to Mr. Conklin's office and helping Walter with some old files? 165 00:08:14,994 --> 00:08:18,873 I'd be glad to help Walter, Miss Brooks, but Mr. Conklin says that when I get through here, I should 166 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:23,712 go to the biology lab and tell Mr. Boynton to wash all the cages for Peppa Torrey to paint them. 167 00:08:23,837 --> 00:08:25,797 Pepperdine? 168 00:08:25,922 --> 00:08:29,050 Yeah, it seems there's some kind of campaign starting. 169 00:08:29,175 --> 00:08:31,302 Oh yes, I'm familiar with that stretch. 170 00:08:31,428 --> 00:08:33,847 But if you don't mind helping Walter, I'd be glad 171 00:08:33,972 --> 00:08:36,474 to deliver your message to Mr. Boyden in the lab. 172 00:08:36,599 --> 00:08:39,686 Of course, before I go, I've got to start a campaign of my own. 173 00:08:39,811 --> 00:08:42,147 You know, clean up, fix up, paint up. 174 00:08:42,272 --> 00:08:43,940 You mean your classroom, Miss Brooks? 175 00:08:44,065 --> 00:08:44,399 Classroom? 176 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:45,066 Nothing. 177 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:48,278 Me. 178 00:08:51,823 --> 00:08:55,785 Hey, Scrooge, listen to this letter. 179 00:08:55,910 --> 00:08:58,788 I'll read. 180 00:08:58,913 --> 00:09:01,374 It was sent to Mr. Darwell when he was principal here. 181 00:09:01,499 --> 00:09:04,753 It says, dear sir, it has come to the attention of the board that you have been 182 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:08,506 flagrantly dictatorial in your dealings with the faculty as well as the student body. 183 00:09:10,425 --> 00:09:15,263 As you know, I approve of discipline, but your conduct lately has been overboard. 184 00:09:15,388 --> 00:09:19,142 Therefore, please be advised that if you do not reverse your tyrannical methods at once, I will be 185 00:09:19,267 --> 00:09:23,396 forced to consider your immediate replacement as principal of Madison High, assigned sincerely, Edgar T. 186 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:27,233 Chairman of the board. 187 00:09:27,358 --> 00:09:30,111 Stretch, do you realize what this letter means? 188 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:30,987 Yeah. 189 00:09:31,112 --> 00:09:33,239 Mr. Darwell better watch his step. 190 00:09:33,364 --> 00:09:35,825 Mr. Darwell hasn't been here for years, and 191 00:09:35,950 --> 00:09:38,620 Mr. Conklin could never have seen this letter. 192 00:09:38,745 --> 00:09:40,997 It was buried under a whole pile of junk. 193 00:09:41,122 --> 00:09:43,208 All we've got to do is reseal the envelope. 194 00:09:43,333 --> 00:09:46,628 You see, it was just addressed to Principal Madison High School. 195 00:09:46,753 --> 00:09:51,800 I can type in Mr. Conklin's name above that. 196 00:09:52,884 --> 00:09:54,761 What do you want to do that for, Walter? 197 00:09:54,886 --> 00:09:56,888 Oh, it's very simple, Stretch. 198 00:09:57,013 --> 00:10:00,433 This way, Mr. Consonant will think he's going to get the old heme home. 199 00:10:00,558 --> 00:10:03,186 And maybe he'll start acting like a human being around here. 200 00:10:03,311 --> 00:10:08,316 Oh, this is going to be the rib of all time. 201 00:10:11,569 --> 00:10:12,695 Hand me that glue, will you please? 202 00:10:12,821 --> 00:10:13,988 Here, Walter. 203 00:10:14,113 --> 00:10:15,240 Thank you. 204 00:10:20,662 --> 00:10:21,412 There. 205 00:10:21,538 --> 00:10:22,539 All set. 206 00:10:22,664 --> 00:10:26,793 Gee, Walter, you've got a mind like Matt Clovelly. 207 00:10:26,918 --> 00:10:27,919 Yeah. 208 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:37,679 I wasn't aware I assigned two of you to this detail. 209 00:10:37,804 --> 00:10:39,806 What have you got there, Denny? 210 00:10:39,931 --> 00:10:40,431 Well, this? 211 00:10:40,557 --> 00:10:42,892 Oh, it's just a letter, Mr. Conklin. 212 00:10:43,017 --> 00:10:43,893 Miss Brooks gave it to me. 213 00:10:44,018 --> 00:10:46,521 She didn't have time to open any of your mail yesterday. 214 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:49,023 Stop babbling and give it to me. 215 00:10:49,148 --> 00:10:49,983 Yes, sir. 216 00:10:50,108 --> 00:10:51,651 Oh, I've got to be running along now. 217 00:10:51,776 --> 00:10:52,861 One moment. 218 00:10:52,986 --> 00:10:55,572 I may have some more chores for you, boy. 219 00:10:55,697 --> 00:11:00,326 First, I would like to see what the Board of Education has to say. 220 00:11:00,451 --> 00:11:02,787 There it is. 221 00:11:02,912 --> 00:11:06,040 First, I'd like to come to the attention of the Board that you've been 222 00:11:06,165 --> 00:11:09,919 flagrantly dictatorial in your view of the fact that... I don't know what it is. 223 00:11:13,047 --> 00:11:13,673 Just a minute. 224 00:11:13,798 --> 00:11:14,632 Let's see if we find it. 225 00:11:14,757 --> 00:11:17,760 A tyrannical method at once. 226 00:11:17,886 --> 00:11:24,851 Oh... Is it bad news, Mr. Conklin? 227 00:11:26,769 --> 00:11:27,645 What? 228 00:11:27,770 --> 00:11:30,523 Oh, perhaps you two had better go now. 229 00:11:30,648 --> 00:11:31,190 Yes, sir. 230 00:11:31,316 --> 00:11:36,821 Come on, Walter. 231 00:11:36,946 --> 00:11:39,365 See you later, Mr. Conklin. 232 00:11:39,490 --> 00:11:40,491 Yes. 233 00:11:44,162 --> 00:11:47,832 Maybe. 234 00:11:51,044 --> 00:11:52,045 Come in. 235 00:11:54,505 --> 00:11:56,507 I got a student to take over my study period, 236 00:11:56,633 --> 00:11:58,676 Mr. Conklin, so I can get right to your mail. 237 00:11:58,801 --> 00:12:00,803 Oh, please, Miss Brooks, won't you sit down? 238 00:12:00,929 --> 00:12:01,596 Oh, thank you, sir. 239 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:02,722 Oh, no, no, not that chair. 240 00:12:02,847 --> 00:12:07,644 No, please, please. 241 00:12:07,769 --> 00:12:13,942 Well, everybody... Pardon me. 242 00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:18,655 I'm sure you'll find that chair more comfortable. 243 00:12:18,780 --> 00:12:19,364 Huh? 244 00:12:19,489 --> 00:12:22,450 It has long been my warmest desire to make the burdens 245 00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:25,328 of my teachers as light as possible, Miss Brooks. 246 00:12:25,453 --> 00:12:28,706 If you have any suggestions which would help me achieve this 247 00:12:28,831 --> 00:12:32,919 desire, you have but to mention them and I'm your willing slave. 248 00:12:33,044 --> 00:12:35,797 Your wish is my command. 249 00:12:35,922 --> 00:12:39,801 Funny, I can't remember rubbing any lamps around here lately. 250 00:12:39,926 --> 00:12:44,931 Now, I want you to forget all about that nasty old correspondence of mine. 251 00:12:45,056 --> 00:12:49,477 I was only teasing when I said you had to go through all my mail. 252 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:50,895 Now, I'll tell you what. 253 00:12:51,020 --> 00:12:55,650 Why don't you toddle out onto the ground and get some sun for a little while? 254 00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:58,736 And then when lunchtime comes around, meet Mr. Boynton. 255 00:12:58,861 --> 00:13:00,321 I know you're very fond of him. 256 00:13:00,446 --> 00:13:02,949 And have a nice, leisurely luncheon together. 257 00:13:03,074 --> 00:13:05,994 So, run along now. 258 00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:07,829 Thank you, sir. 259 00:13:09,664 --> 00:13:11,582 I have the strongest feeling. 260 00:13:11,708 --> 00:13:12,959 What kind of feeling? 261 00:13:13,084 --> 00:13:20,091 That Mrs. Davis is going to wake me up any minute. 262 00:13:21,592 --> 00:13:23,761 Miss Brooks, I have news that's going to enhance 263 00:13:23,886 --> 00:13:25,888 the enjoyment of your lunch a thousand fold. 264 00:13:26,014 --> 00:13:27,140 But it's a deep secret. 265 00:13:27,265 --> 00:13:29,726 First, you've got to promise not to breathe a word of it to a soul. 266 00:13:29,851 --> 00:13:30,476 I promise. 267 00:13:30,601 --> 00:13:31,728 What's the secret, Walter? 268 00:13:31,853 --> 00:13:33,229 Do you promise, Miss Brooks? 269 00:13:33,354 --> 00:13:33,980 Here's a fork. 270 00:13:34,105 --> 00:13:35,898 Take some blood. 271 00:13:37,150 --> 00:13:39,777 It's about that letter Mr. Kotler got from the Board of 272 00:13:39,902 --> 00:13:43,114 Education, saying he'd be replaced if he didn't stop acting so... 273 00:13:43,239 --> 00:13:46,868 So... The flagrantly dictatorial in his methods. 274 00:13:46,993 --> 00:13:47,702 Yeah, that. 275 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:49,912 To both faculty and students. 276 00:13:50,038 --> 00:13:50,621 What? 277 00:13:50,747 --> 00:13:53,833 Well, no wonder he's been so nice to all of us this morning. 278 00:13:53,958 --> 00:13:56,919 But suppose Mr. Conklin finds out the letter's a phony. 279 00:13:57,045 --> 00:13:57,628 A phony? 280 00:13:57,754 --> 00:13:58,171 A phony? 281 00:13:58,296 --> 00:13:59,672 Not so loud! 282 00:14:01,424 --> 00:14:03,843 The letter's not a phony, it's perfectly legitimate. 283 00:14:03,968 --> 00:14:06,929 Except that it was sent to Mr. Darwell years ago. 284 00:14:07,055 --> 00:14:08,473 Mr. Darwell? 285 00:14:08,598 --> 00:14:12,643 Yeah, Mr. Conklin's predecessor. 286 00:14:12,769 --> 00:14:15,772 Would that do something? 287 00:14:15,897 --> 00:14:19,275 Yeah, I just typed Mr. Conklin's name on the old envelope, glued it up, 288 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:23,404 he came in and read it, and presto, a human being instead of a ramrod. 289 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:28,493 Well, don't look now, but the ex-ramrod is bearing down on us. 290 00:14:28,618 --> 00:14:29,786 Oh, I'd better be leaving. 291 00:14:29,911 --> 00:14:30,703 You stay right here. 292 00:14:30,828 --> 00:14:32,288 We're in this thing together. 293 00:14:32,413 --> 00:14:33,956 But I've got to paint those cages. 294 00:14:34,082 --> 00:14:37,710 If you act suspicious now, we'll all be painting cages from the inside. 295 00:14:37,835 --> 00:14:41,130 You just drew an X. Treat him like an equal. 296 00:14:41,255 --> 00:14:42,632 There's nothing he can do about it. 297 00:14:42,757 --> 00:14:45,635 Ah, what a happy sight this is. 298 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:49,889 Teachers and pupils breaking bread together. 299 00:14:50,014 --> 00:14:56,938 Would you care to rip a hunk of toast with us, Mr. Counselor? 300 00:14:57,063 --> 00:14:57,688 Thank you. 301 00:14:57,814 --> 00:15:01,567 I would like to chat with you for a moment, if I'm not disturbing anything. 302 00:15:01,692 --> 00:15:02,652 Oh, nothing at all, sir. 303 00:15:02,777 --> 00:15:03,903 Please sit down. 304 00:15:04,028 --> 00:15:07,573 Yeah, park it. 305 00:15:08,950 --> 00:15:10,243 Flop right here, Mr. Conklin. 306 00:15:10,368 --> 00:15:11,494 I gotta go get some more milk. 307 00:15:11,619 --> 00:15:13,871 Oh, thank you so much. 308 00:15:13,996 --> 00:15:17,041 Miss Brooks, as you well know, I am a firm 309 00:15:17,166 --> 00:15:20,628 believer in the power of meekness and humility. 310 00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:26,134 And so, before your friends, I come to you, hat in hand, to seek a favor. 311 00:15:26,259 --> 00:15:28,928 How the mighty have fallen! 312 00:15:29,053 --> 00:15:30,346 Why fallen? 313 00:15:30,471 --> 00:15:32,014 What is it you want, Miss Conference? 314 00:15:32,140 --> 00:15:36,894 Miss Brooks, you have much influence with the student body as well as the faculty. 315 00:15:37,019 --> 00:15:40,815 I wonder if you could get them to see me in the same light that you do. 316 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:43,985 Aren't you in enough trouble already? 317 00:15:44,110 --> 00:15:47,446 I know what you mean, and you're right. 318 00:15:47,572 --> 00:15:52,368 Yes, it's those confounded mottos that hang in my office, Miss Brooks. 319 00:15:52,493 --> 00:15:55,163 Spare the rod and spoil the child. 320 00:15:55,288 --> 00:15:57,957 Respect through power. 321 00:15:58,082 --> 00:15:59,834 Oh, they goad one, Miss Brooks. 322 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:03,212 Whip one into a frenzy of ambition until the 323 00:16:03,337 --> 00:16:06,966 real me is submerged, snowed under, suffocated. 324 00:16:08,176 --> 00:16:09,135 Yeah! 325 00:16:10,178 --> 00:16:12,597 Why don't you get rid of some of those signs, Mr. Conklin? 326 00:16:12,722 --> 00:16:14,599 A splendid idea, Mr. Boynton. 327 00:16:14,724 --> 00:16:19,061 Maybe I could exchange them for more humane and genteel parables. 328 00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:22,565 I'm open to suggestions on that score as well. 329 00:16:22,690 --> 00:16:28,070 How about, I have been a marble-headed monster? 330 00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:32,116 Walter, that's very rude. 331 00:16:32,241 --> 00:16:35,453 On the contrary, it has quite a ring to it. 332 00:16:35,578 --> 00:16:38,414 In fact, it might come in handy as a reminder. 333 00:16:38,539 --> 00:16:41,083 Oh, but Mr. Conklin, I... Please, Miss Brooks. 334 00:16:41,209 --> 00:16:45,213 Well, if you insist, marble-head. 335 00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:47,840 Music to my ears. 336 00:16:47,965 --> 00:16:51,594 I have always been ready to criticize the shortcomings in others, 337 00:16:51,719 --> 00:16:54,430 Perhaps if I had a list of my own to refer to 338 00:16:54,555 --> 00:16:57,516 each morning, it might help me be more tolerant. 339 00:16:57,642 --> 00:17:00,561 Do you think you could compile one? 340 00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:04,815 It might take months. 341 00:17:04,941 --> 00:17:08,402 Oh, you... Walter, you... I don't believe I've ever 342 00:17:08,527 --> 00:17:11,948 mentioned this before, Miss Brooks, but I... I... 343 00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:18,746 Love this boy. 344 00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:22,333 I know you do, Mr. Carlton. 345 00:17:22,458 --> 00:17:26,963 I can tell by the way the veins stand out in your neck when you say it. 346 00:17:27,088 --> 00:17:29,840 I'm serious about the list of my shortcomings. 347 00:17:29,966 --> 00:17:32,426 I'll be deeply grateful to you if you bring all your 348 00:17:32,551 --> 00:17:35,054 complaints over to my office as quickly as possible. 349 00:17:35,179 --> 00:17:38,432 And Miss Brooks, don't try to spare my feelings. 350 00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:41,102 Give it to me with both barrels. 351 00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:46,232 Believe me, Mr. Conklin, I can't think of anything I'd rather do with both barrels. 352 00:17:46,357 --> 00:17:47,358 Go! 353 00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:52,154 I cleaned out those old files for you, Daddy. 354 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:53,072 Thank you, Harriet. 355 00:17:53,197 --> 00:17:56,826 You're a dear, sweet child. 356 00:17:56,951 --> 00:17:59,287 Do you feel all right, Daddy? 357 00:17:59,412 --> 00:18:00,788 As well as could be expected. 358 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:06,294 Oh, let me clean off some of this junk for you off your desk here. 359 00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:09,005 Now, you don't need this old letter anymore, do you, Daddy? 360 00:18:09,130 --> 00:18:09,797 Old letter? 361 00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:11,215 What old letter? 362 00:18:11,340 --> 00:18:13,467 This one from the Board of Education. 363 00:18:13,592 --> 00:18:15,136 The envelope is postmarked 1944. 364 00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:21,058 1944? 365 00:18:22,476 --> 00:18:24,770 Let me see that letter. 366 00:18:24,895 --> 00:18:25,938 Aha! 367 00:18:26,063 --> 00:18:28,899 They must have gotten this from Mr. Darwell's 368 00:18:29,025 --> 00:18:31,569 files and typed my name on the envelope. 369 00:18:31,694 --> 00:18:33,321 Well, what are you talking about, Daddy? 370 00:18:33,446 --> 00:18:39,452 Harriet, your daddy has been the victim of a monumental hoax. 371 00:18:39,577 --> 00:18:43,122 But now the shoe is on the other foot. 372 00:18:43,247 --> 00:18:46,959 And believe me, this is the foot that knows how to use it. 373 00:18:47,084 --> 00:18:49,420 Why, I... Oh. 374 00:19:02,516 --> 00:19:03,517 That must be the committee now. 375 00:19:03,642 --> 00:19:04,810 I want to talk to them alone. 376 00:19:04,935 --> 00:19:06,270 You leave by the other door. 377 00:19:06,395 --> 00:19:08,564 Oh, I'd rather stay, Daddy, and see what it's all about. 378 00:19:08,689 --> 00:19:10,149 I don't care what you'd rather. 379 00:19:10,274 --> 00:19:11,609 I'm at the helm of this ship. 380 00:19:11,734 --> 00:19:12,485 Now go! 381 00:19:12,610 --> 00:19:16,530 Yes, Daddy. 382 00:19:16,655 --> 00:19:18,032 Do come in. 383 00:19:22,286 --> 00:19:25,373 We dropped a little reminder for your desk, Mr. Conklin. 384 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:26,248 Oh, thank you. 385 00:19:26,374 --> 00:19:26,999 Thank you. 386 00:19:27,124 --> 00:19:29,627 If you'd be kind enough to read your bill of 387 00:19:29,752 --> 00:19:32,254 particulars concerning my various infamies. 388 00:19:32,380 --> 00:19:34,965 We're all going to read some of it, Mr. Conklin. 389 00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:36,175 Will you begin, Miss Brooks? 390 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:37,468 Thank you, Mr. Boynton. 391 00:19:37,593 --> 00:19:40,763 Whereas I, Oggood Conklin, principal of Madison High, desiring to improve 392 00:19:40,888 --> 00:19:44,600 relations between myself, the faculty, and the student body... Your turn, Walter. 393 00:19:47,228 --> 00:19:50,564 Do promise to keep the following ever before me as a 394 00:19:50,689 --> 00:19:54,235 reminder of past sins of which I am heartily ashamed. 395 00:19:57,488 --> 00:20:00,491 And which I am never going to repeat no more. 396 00:20:00,616 --> 00:20:02,159 Oh, thank you. 397 00:20:02,284 --> 00:20:03,244 Please continue. 398 00:20:03,369 --> 00:20:04,870 Oh, wait till you hear this. 399 00:20:04,995 --> 00:20:08,541 I readily admit that on many occasions I have acted 400 00:20:08,666 --> 00:20:12,294 like a pompous, puffed up, adulpated blowhard. 401 00:20:12,420 --> 00:20:16,715 Forgive me, but it seems to me you've omitted maladjusted. 402 00:20:16,841 --> 00:20:18,384 Please don't interrupt, Mr. Conklin. 403 00:20:18,509 --> 00:20:21,762 That's in the next paragraph. 404 00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:22,847 Now, where was I? 405 00:20:22,972 --> 00:20:24,390 Adulpated blowhard. 406 00:20:24,515 --> 00:20:24,974 Oh, yes. 407 00:20:25,099 --> 00:20:26,725 Adulpated blowhard. 408 00:20:26,851 --> 00:20:31,063 And on other occasions I have bellowed like a bull. 409 00:20:31,188 --> 00:20:33,732 Screamed like an elephant. 410 00:20:33,858 --> 00:20:34,984 Hissed like a viper. 411 00:20:35,109 --> 00:20:38,654 Snorted like a buffalo. 412 00:20:39,989 --> 00:20:45,327 And otherwise exhibited the behavior of a maladjusted nincompoop. 413 00:20:45,453 --> 00:20:47,204 There it is. 414 00:20:48,539 --> 00:20:52,751 Now, before you go any further, I'd like you all to sign this document for me. 415 00:20:52,877 --> 00:20:54,670 Oh, we already have, Mr. Conklin. 416 00:20:54,795 --> 00:20:55,880 Oh, good, good. 417 00:20:56,005 --> 00:20:59,425 Then perhaps you'd be good enough to autograph this other 418 00:20:59,550 --> 00:21:03,095 manuscript sent from the Board of Education, postmarked 419 00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:06,682 1944 and intended for my unfortunate predecessor who no doubt had to contend with just 420 00:21:06,807 --> 00:21:10,227 such perfidious malcontents as you who stand trembling before me this very moment! 421 00:21:22,156 --> 00:21:26,494 Well, Mr. Cartland, to quote one of your favorite mottos, sir... Yes? 422 00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:30,164 He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day. 423 00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:32,875 Bye now! 424 00:21:41,467 --> 00:21:48,474 ♪♪ 424 00:21:49,305 --> 00:22:49,425 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm